Letters: Election 2012

One campaign slogan for Governor Romney was “Restore America.” Signifying a return to the our past. President Obama’s motto of “Forward” embraced the future. Governor Romney’s was a campaign for the past. Not the future. And it reflected in the faces gathered last Tuesday night. It cost the GOP the presidency. – Ron Carrico, San Diego

After the election cycle, it is painfully obvious that this country, at all levels, is about people being able to vote and not having to be financially responsible for those votes. How can anyone really believe that a person would vote for a message of “more personal sacrifice” if the opposing side says “someone else will pay the way”? People seem to believe that the “wealthy” can pay for everyone, and pushing debt into the future is, and has been, ok. Chicken Little needs to stop saying “the sky is falling”, and the Little Boy needs to stop yelling “the wolf is attacking” and give us some real numbers. Otherwise we will continue to vote for the message that is best for us and reality will play out, good or bad. Why else would we vote otherwise? – Mark Bailey, La Mesa

While I am a lifelong Democrat and a 30-year subscriber to U-T in its various incarnations, I believe it is fair to give credit where it is due. I was, of course, appalled when the editors suggested that President Obama was the worst president we ever had and that “W” should be carved into Mount Rushmore and that the hard right skew of the paper was completely out of touch with the makeup of the city. Still they did manage to perform a vital civic action during this latest election, namely the generation of their voter’s guide.

With all the people running for various offices and all the confusing ballot initiatives it was difficult to sift through all the blather and make intelligent choices. U-T editors to the rescue! All one had to do was to cut out the handy voter’s guide, take it to the polls or sit down with your mail in ballot and then simply vote the exact OPPOSITE to all their recommendations. Doing so allowed you to cast an intelligent vote that would help move all of the country forward and particularly place you with the main stream of San Diegans!

A business note, though. Since the majority of voters in S.D. are registered Democrats, and the second largest group are independents, you might want to consider running ads on your editorial page as the overwhelming number of people aren’t paying any attention to your editorials. You might make a few more bucks, and, after all, that’s all of what you’re about, isn’t it? – David Siriano, San Diego

Thank you all readers who took the time to comment on the elections today. And thank you U-T San Diego for providing the kind of leadership disdained by Republican candidate Mitt Romney. Former Governor Romney’s concession speech was the best speech I have ever heard him deliver. No negative points, no promises, nothing but an American who participated in our democracy and ran for President of the United States. Romney recognized that in each election there is a winner and a loser, but he also recognized when the dust of the election settles we are all Americans again and we need to work together to solve the problems facing the United States.